NAD Therapy FAQ Frequently
asked questions about NAD Energy supplements. If you have a question
that does not appear here you will most likely be able to find
an
answer to it in the NAD
Energy Supplements E-Book. Or you
may choose to contact us with
your questions on the NAD Energy supplement range.
Is NAD therapy
addictive? ▲back to
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No. NAD
is not a psycho tropical chemical and does not produce kicks, it only
stabilise and normalise. There is no black market for the supplements.
Is NAD therapy allowed in
sport? ▲back to
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Yes.
Various provincial and national sportsmen use NAD supplements with
great success and improvement in their performance.
Can NAD Therapy be used in
conjunction with alcohol? ▲back to
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Yes,
although according to research, the average alcoholic drink contains
approximately 293 mmol alcohol and requires 586 mmol NAD to convert it
to acetate. It is estimated, that one has approximately 25 mmol NAD.
The detoxification of alcohol therefore puts a great deal of biological
pressure on the body. In practice, it was found that people who suffer
from NAD Energy Deficiency should cease the consumption of alcoholic
drinks. A small glass or two of bottled red wine, diluted in soda water
or mineral water may be consumed occasionally.
How long does it take before NAD
Therapy takes effect? ▲back to
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NAD is
not a psycho tropical chemical and the effect needs some time, before
it can be observed on the conscious level. Most people start to become
aware of an increase in physical energy, after having used the
correctly identified supplements for four or five weeks. It is
furthermore also important to remember, that NAD only provides physical
energy to handle problems and does not solve psychological and
spiritual problems, which contribute to low levels of physical energy.
It provides the physical energy, which is required for identifying and
handling psychological and spiritual problems which contribute to low
levels of physical energy. Research indicates that the effects of the
supplements can be observed after six week’s of treatment in
the brain. Clinical improvement and reduction in brain damage, as
determined by MRI scanning started to occur within one month. The blood
levels require three days and the urine levels require two weeks.
How can one tell that his/her
NAD Energy Level is improving? ▲back to
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Measurement
is the only answer. The best and most valid measure is your general
level of performance. In all cases, however, the benchmark energy value
against which any improvement is measured is the person's own
improvement - not the improvement of groups or subgroup of patients as
a percentage success figure. On average the average energy block of
treated patients shows an improvement from a pre treatment level of 52
to a follow-up treatment level of 81 after 12 weeks on NAD Therapy.
This biochemical improvement is also experienced on physical, emotional
and spiritual level.
What
is NAD? ▲back to
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NAD is a
coenzyme, which was discovered in 1905 and which is one of the most
important role players in the manufacturing of cellular energy in
living organisms. It has more than 100 metabolic functions in human
biochemistry. Although we have already become acquainted with NAD at
school. In the subject of biology, it is relatively unknown as a
nutriceutal supplement for physical energy. Even the action of the
Krebs cycle, which is found in most cells, is restricted when NAD and
NADP are absent. NAD fluctuates continuously between the NAD and NADP
and NADPH. NAD is obtained mainly from the NAD, which is present in
food. NAD can also be produced in the body, particularly in the liver
under control of the hormones which are secreted by the adrenal glands,
from certain nutritional elements. Vitamin b3 is, just like
nicotinamide, an important precursor of NAD. Tryptophan is another
important precursor to NAD.
Is
there a generic equivalent for NAD? ▲back to
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although laboratories across the world are trying to formulate
analogues of NAD.
Does
one not obtain enough NAD from food? ▲back to
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percent of persons get enough NAD from food and can utilise it
completely, because enough energy factories (mitochondria) are
available in cells. The 10%, who suffer from NED, will never be able to
obtain enough NAD from food on its own. They will have to use NAD
supplementation, if they want to have a stable body with physical
energy, which will make it possible to enjoy a good quality of life.
The
quantity of raw food required to be taken to match the NAD used in one
NutriNAD capsule.
| RAW
FOOD | NUTRINAD
CAPSULE |
| MEAT
| 10kg
| | POULTRY
| 12,5kg
| | FISH
| 14,3kg
| | YEAST
| 250kg
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What
must be done before starting NAD therapy? ▲back to
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blood tests must be performed first and the energy levels calculated,
to determine whether a person requires NAD therapy and, if so, to
determine the correct dosage, which will be required.
What are the symptoms
of NAD deficiencies? ▲back to
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Deficiencies
of NAD can lead to symptoms like problems with memory, apathy,
irritability, problems with concentration, depression. Reduced mental
energy, increased anxiety and panic, increased craving for alcohol,
sugar and nicotine, reduced sex drive, fatigue and increased pre
menstrual tension. Clinical experience also indicates that deficiencies
of NAD are chronic, and often require long term treatment.
What is meant by the
concept “energy value”? ▲back to
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measurements of lactate and pyruvate are used internationally as
indicators of the basic metabolic factors, because of their position in
the process of physical energy production in the cellular manufacturing
of physical energy. The Krebs Cycle represents the intersection between
the conversion between the conversion of food and the utilisation
thereof. The Krebs cycle is critical for all organ systems, because it
is the fundamental biochemical path for the flow of physical energy.
Professor Krebs had already won the Nobel Prize in 1953, for his
description of the physical energy cycle. The separate measurement of
lactate and pyruvate, as well as the ratio between the two, provide a
unique perspective of the physical energy metabolism, as well as
several cues on how to improve the production of physical energy. In
order to make it more comprehensible, it was decided to set its normal
value at 100+ and three formulas were established for this purpose. An
energy value of 100 (borderline value) only means you have enough
energy for physical energy for an ordinary day. Energy values higher
than 100 means that the person has enough physical energy to engage in
new projects or can handle daily demands more effectively.
Will problems arise
if NAD therapy is interrupted? ▲back to
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The
ingredients of the supplements often need weeks to reach blood levels
and decrease quickly after their use has been suspended. The original
symptoms return during interrupted use, because the supplements only
stabilise the body when they are used. After use of the supplements has
been resumed, it feels as if they do not work, because they must first
reach blood levels again. It is normally best to first undergo the
blood tests after long periods of disrupted use and to compile a new
programme of treatment.
How
does NAD therapy differ from other NED treatment approaches? ▲back to
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a normalising metabolic effect. Most commercially available energy
supplements only contain the precursors of NAD, like vitamin b3, but
even this is bio chemically expensive in the process to be converted to
NAD and research findings proof that it can even lower the
intracellular NAD pool.
What
symptoms develop if NAD therapy is stopped abruptly? ▲back to
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symptoms develop immediately, after use of NAD therapy has stopped
abruptly. The original symptoms of NED will return gradually in time.
Are there any
scientific publications on NAD therapy? ▲back to
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thousands of scientific articles about the biochemical action of NAD
are available on Medline. The last search yielded about 58921 studies.
This is obviously too much for anyone to ever study in detail. Medical
research indeed features scientific studies, in which NAD, precursors
or derivatives thereof are mentioned in the treatment of several other
diseases, conditions or syndromes. Although the biochemical function of
NAD is discussed in thousands of articles, current information about
NAD as a therapeutical agent is mainly based on uncontrolled case
studies during the treatment of several NED-related conditions.
My doctor said NAD
Therapy is rubbish and is just a money racket. ▲back to
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How must I reply? If the
doctor indeed said this, he/she will definitely have the necessary
scientific articles to back this point of view. Ask him/her to contact
us and to forward us copies or references of such scientific articles.
Such articles would be greatly appreciated. What is the difference between NAD and NADH? ▲back to
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NADH
(nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide hydride)
is the reduced form of NAD (nicotinamide-adenine-dinucleotide) inside
the body.
The NAD co-enzyme continuously varies between the NAD or NADH compound
in the
body. NAD is reduced to NADH in the metabolism of glucose. The hydrogen
molecule is obtained from the metabolism of fats, carbohydrates and
proteins.
The activated NADH plays a part in several critical bodily functions,
amongst
others, in the continued production of ATP, which is the basic energy
compound
in the body. NADH needs to be converted back to NAD and with
insufficient NAD available for its conversion NADH can accumulate. NADH
also accumalatesIn the case of hypoxia, or other causes of inhibition
of the electron transport chain, NADH accumulates and the supply of NAD
is depleted. This pushes the balance between pyruvate and lactate
dramatically in favor of lactate further exacerbating its production in
these circumstances. This change also occurs with alcohol abuse with
alcohol dehydrogenase depleting NAD and producing NADH. Ethanol
toxicity is closely related to its metabolism in the liver. The
elevated NADH to NAD ratio (i.e. NAD deficiency) results in alterations
of the intermediary metabolism of lipids, carbohydrates, proteins,
purines, hormones and porphyrins. This shift in metabolic pathways
results in hyperlactacidaemia, lactacidosis, ketosis and
hyperuricaemia. Furthermore, excess NADH can result in free radical
production.
The
NADH that builds up, e.g. during alcohol metabolism, will drive
pyruvate to lactate which can lead to acidosis. The pyruvate is now not
available for gluconeogenesis and if, as is common in serious
alcoholism, the patient is not eating properly, hypoglacemia can
result. The high NADH to NAD ratio will affect other processes such as
b-oxidation. One clinical manifestation is liver disorders associated
with alcoholism: fatty liver, alcoholic hepatitis and, sometimes,
cirrhosis. The burden on oxidizing systems also leads to increased use
of the P450 or microsomal oxidizing system which has important effects
on steroid metabolism and other processes involving this
system. Can the NAD Energy supplements
be used with infants? ▲back to
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Yes.
The NAD Energy supplement range is suitable
and 100% safe for all ages. The supplements are in capsule form and the
contents can be dissolved with baby's milk. Lactate and pyruvate blood
tests
can be done after birth to determine if baby has a NAD Energy
Deficiency. The lactate and pyruvate values indicated on the blood test
results can
then be used with the NAD Energy level calculator to determine the NAD
Energy
Block value and the corresponding treatment protocol can then be
selected.
What is
NAD Energy Deficiency?
Research
indicates that 10% of the world population is suffering from a
genetically inherited NAD Energy Deficiency that is transferred from
mother to child at the moment of conception. NAD
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